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WALL DECORATION.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1908.

932,377. Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

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TUNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. DUNN, 0F NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

WALL- DECORATION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. DUNN, a citizen of the United States,residing in Newport, in the county of Campbell and State of entucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in i lall Decorations,of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to that certain novel construction to behereinafter particularly pointed out and claimed, in which cove moldingfor wall ceilings may be provided in such lengths as desired, and whichcan be readily and easily secured in place, without strain upon theplaster.

My invention consists of a hollow form of paper material molded toshape, with attaching faces for securing same to the wall and ceiling atright angles to each other.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of myimproved molding, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the corner of aroom, with my molding in place.

A sheet of suitable paper material of the requisite thickness is formedon a suitable mold, into a hollow tube of the shape shown in Fig. 1, inwhich 1 is the curved face to form the cove, and 2 and 3 are the innerfaces formed at right angles to each other, the edges of the sheet ofpaper board being overlapped and pressed together at the back at 4. Thepaper form after being molded into shape is dried, shellacked andvarnished, and the curved face which forms the cove is tinted or coloredto match the colors of the wall and ceiling, the molding secured inplace by the small screws or nails 55, which are secured through theedges of the molding at convenient distances apart, and into the lathwork or framework of the ceiling 6 and the side walls 7-7 of'the room.In order that this construction of cove molding may also be used. forthe application of plaster, I cut slots 8, 8 in the paper sheet beforeforming same into a mold. These slots allow the plaster to form a keybehind the front face of the molding and these secure the plaster inplace.

As the molding is constructed of hollow paper material, it isexceedingly light, and easy to handle, and conveniently cut into suchlengths as may be desired, and as the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 30, 1908.

Serial No. 42 2204.

attaching faces are molded at exact right angles to each other, themolding can be readily and accurately fitted in place, While theattaching screws or nails securing same to the wood work obviate anystrain upon the plaster of either the ceiling or wall, a result whichcannot be attained with cove moldings of plaster, constructed in theusual way.

Heretofore where moldings have been formed of papier mach or likematerial, wooden strips have been provided to stiffen the material atthe edges, and as the walls to which the moldings are to be attached arefrequently out of true, the wooden strips are too stiff to conform tountrue surfaces and they soon work loose. Whereas by constructing mymolding in the shape of a hollOW tube, with attaching faces at rightangles, and connecting these faces together at the rear, I give astiffness to the molding which renders it unnecessary to use woodenstrips, and at the same time the paper material is sufliciently elasticto conform and adhere to untrue wall surfaces Without working loose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a cove molding formed of suitablepaper material, pressed or. molded into shape, with attaching side facesin planes at right angles to each other, and with the paper materialjoined together at the rear to form a hollow tube in a plane at an angleto the planes of the attaching faces, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a cove molding formed of suitablepaper material, pressed or molded into shape, with attaching side facesin planes at right angles to each other, and with the paper ,materialjoined together at the rear to form a hollow tube in a plane at an angleto the planes of the attaching faces, said molding being formed withopenings at suitable intervals in the front face thereof, for securingthe plaster thereto, substantially as described.

' GEORGE W. DUNN.

Witnesses:

BESSIE A. BEALL, ELMER P. GRIERsoN.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

